Blog posts from Andy Callan

Although Rolex withstood the quartz crisis of the 1970s better than any of its compatriots, the decade still stands as perhaps the darkest days the traditional watch industry has ever had to face. With André Heiniger at the helm, only the second CEO in the company’s history following the death of founder Hans Wilsdorf, they […]

Every great company has to start somewhere. For Rolex, that somewhere was London in 1905. What would go on to evolve, many years later, into the most successful and recognizable watch brand in the world began not as a manufacturer, but as a strictly commercial enterprise. Originally named Wilsdorf & Davis, it was founded by […]

Of all the numerous elements that go into making a watch, the dial is by far the most immediately striking. For it to be a success, every feature, from the color to the indexes to the material, has to be able to work together to form an harmonious whole. Much like our own faces, there […]

Perhaps the least known out of all Rolex’s many creations, the Cellini stands apart from the rest of the watchmaker’s output in a number of ways. Rather than being a name that describes a single series, such as the Datejust or the Daytona, Cellini has long been a catch-all term for any of the brand’s […]